Great Trail Council cordially invites you to join

Scott Douglass, CST 9 Territory Commissioner,
Sherri Buck, CST 9 Territory Commissioner Elect,
Bruce Boyle, Past NST 9 Commissioner,
Griffin Roblyer, National Commissioner Service Team, 
Steve Myers, National Commissioner Service Team, and
Commissioners from many councils

at the 39th consecutive

2026 College of Commissioner Science

LifeStone Ministries, 2019 Medina Road, Medina, OH.

Join us for an exciting and rewarding Commissioner College in the Great Trail Council. There are plenty of hotels nearby, so you can drive without worrying about having to head back the same day.  

Friday Night 

• Council Commissioner's Dinner
• All welcome, no fee to register
• Separate registration required.
• Register for the dinner (click this link)

Saturday 

• Doors open: 7:00 AM - check in and continental breakfast
• Opening Ceremony 7:30 am
• 7:50 am Commissioners' Trail Map for 2027 and Beyond!, Opening Keynote

  Scott Douglass, CST 9 Territory Commissioner
  Sherri Buck, CST 9 Territory Commissioner Elect

• Program Specific Classes from 8:50 am to 3:40 pm, including lunch with Patrick Scherer, CEO, GTC
• 4:50 pm Closing Keynote features Griffin Roblyer, Chair of Commissioner Engagement and Recruiting, National Commissioner Service Team on 
  Unit Service is a Kaleidoscope
• Classes are listed below and on college.GTCscouting.org website
• Closing 4:45 PM, Leave 5:00 PM

Our Mission is Retention

We are retention Specialists. 

A commissioner sees a unit's health and supports it. That's retention. That's our mission.

We spread ourselves across too many roles. We need to focus. What a commissioner can do is stand alongside the unit and see the pattern the unit can't see from inside. They see health from the outside and the misaligned fragments before they cause a unit to decline.

 Commissioner impact equals Scouts who stay.  

For more information, including directions, hotel accommodations, deans, program reciprocity, course listings, and all the details you need, visit our website at college.GTCscouting.org. It will have the latest information. 

The College will not be held in conjunction with the University of Scouting, as it was last year.

This is for all Commissioners. Those who do not plan to pursue a degree this year should register for Continuing Education. 

Courses and Faculty

Everyone 

Opening Keynote - Commissioners' Trail Map for 2027 and Beyond!, Commissioners Douglas and Buck

Closing Keynote -  Unit Service is a Kaleidoscope, Griffin Roblyer

Bachelors Track

BCS 150 – Roundtables in Unit Service (Updated 9/15/2025) Vinnie Close

BCS 104 – Connecting with Units (Updated and NEW 3/31/2025) David Rice

BCS 113 – Welcoming, Engaging and Onboarding Commissioner (Updated 11/01/2025) Bruce Boyle

BCS 111 – Commissioner and S.A.F.E. Scouting (Updated 8/15/2025) Fritz Coombs

BCS 101 – Core Concepts of Unit Service (Updated 9/15/2025) Craig Wrobleski

BCS 115 – Commissioners – The Single Best Resource! (Updated 8/31/2025) Craig Wrobleski

Masters Track

MCS 310 – Succession Planning (Updated 8/31/2025) Terry Polzin

MCS 309 – Good Commissioners Need Both Head and Heart (Updated 12/15/2025) Ray Bartlett & Bill Lovell

MCS 304 – Service to Units at Risk (Updated 12/15/2025) Craig Wrobleski

MCS 312 – Recruiting Commissioners in the 21st Century (Updated 11/21/2025) Bruce Boyle

MCS 313 – Onboarding New Commissioners (Updated 12/15/2025) Chip Reed

MCS 316 – Unit Service Today (NEW! 8/15/2025) John Judge

Doctorate 1 Only

DCS 501 – Selecting & Limiting Scope of Your Doctoral Project (Updated 2/15/2026) Byron Roubanes

DCS 503 – Developing Your Project (Updated 2/15/2026) Byron Roubanes

Continuing Education Only

CED 707 – Serving New Units Workshop** 2-hr course (NEW 5/30/2026) Craig Wrobleski

Continuing Education and Doctorate I and II

CED 722 – Supporting Mixed-Gender Scouting as a Commissioner (Updated 12/15/2025) Shannon Frazee

DCS 506 – Coaching Commissioners (Updated 11/01/2025) John Judge

DCS 516 – Growing & Strengthening our Unit Service Team (NEW 8/15/2025) Sherry Buck

CED 707 – Serving New Units Workshop** 2-hr course (NEW 5/30/2026) Craig Wrobleski